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• CAA - Civil Aviation Authority - UK's independant regulations
• IATA - International Air Transport Association - formulates international industry policies
• Virgin Atlantic Airways - company polices
• VAIL - Virgin Atlantic Airways International Ltd - only A330
• Which part of the operations manual do you need to know?

  Part B
• Temporary Amendment to manual: vBrief
• Immediate Amendment to manual: (notice) a change to manual
• Manual Revisions: annually
• It is the manual holders responsibility to remain up to date:

  LOGIPAD -> SYNC -> READ AND CONFIRM -> RESYNC
• SENTRY: anonymous reporting system
• CHIRP- confidential human factors incident reporting programme - CAA
• ERG - event review group
• PRG - peer review group
• IRMA (incident reporting management and analysis) is used for:

  1. occurrence reports (OR)
  2. cabin crew alertness form
  3. risk assessment
  4. aircraft damage form (ADF)
• Safety and security Programme (SSP):

  1. open and honest
  2. non- punitive reporting
  3. positive and safe environment
• Chain of command:

  1. captain
  2. first officer
  3. second officer
  4. FSM
  5. CSS
  6. other crew
• APIC - acting pilot in command (first officer when captain goes on break)
• minimum require crew:

  A330: 8 CC

  A350-1000: 9 CC

  B787-9: 8 CC
• If down route, minimum required crew can drop by 1 but cannot drop at all from base
• Non- required crew are carried in addition to required crew
• To be in check you just fly on a 787 every 90 days if flying for under 1 year and every 180 agter 1 year
• Items to be carried on board:

  1. torch and spare batteries
  2. passport and ID
  3. watch
  4. hi-viz
  5. resus pocket mask
  6. iPad with at least 80%
  7. cabin shoes
• transient fatigue: goes away after rest
• cumulative fatigue- chronic
• report fatigue using CCAF